Russian mortality beyond vital statistics

Analyses of routine data have established that the extreme mortality fluctuations among young and middle-aged men are the most important single component of both temporal changes in Russian life expectancy at birth and in the gap between male and female life expectancy. It is also responsible for th...

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Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2004-04-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/special/2/4/